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While photos will always be an effective tool for engaging your audience, videos are projected to drive nearly 80 per cent of all internet traffic by 2019.

SMALL BUSINESS ESSENTIALS: The benefits of video marketing

Consider seeing a physiotherapist if minor aches and pains are holding you back from activities you enjoy.

Keep doing the things you love

Be present in both body and mind when practising yoga in order to get the most out of the experience.

YOGA & MEDITATION: Appreciate the art of practising

Chewie is a handsome, active four-year-old yellow Labrador retriever. - Jody O’Brien

RECYCLED LOVE: Recognizing an animal advocate

dding vegan meals to the menu can be an eye-opening experience.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?: Giving vegan recipes a whirl

THE BOOK SHELF: Stella Bowles being the change in new book My River

THE VIEW FROM HERE: Ask not what your community can do for you

Take a healthy, positive approach when it comes to setting goals for the new year.

CHINESE MEDICINE FOR HEALTH: Keeping resolutions with Chinese medicine

Matthew Randall and his friend Jay getting ready to start their day of ice fishing.

REEL TIME: Ice fishing with a little help from my friends

A stretch of the Coolen Lake Old Growth Forest, near East River.

THE ENDAGERED PERSPECTIVE: Old-growth essential for province’s future

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Five of the seven Barho children that perished in a Spryfield fire.

Seven children from Syrian refugee family killed in Halifax fire

Updated 55 minutes ago

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More temporary closures announced for Digby and Shelburne emergency departments

Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 8:50 p.m.

The new Shelburne Primary Health Care Centre. KATHY JOHNSON

New primary health care centre celebrated in Shelburne and seen as important recruitment tool

Published Feb 13, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

Pablo Moises Alas talks with lawyer Tom Singleton prior to his sentencing Tuesday on charges of sexual assault causing bodily harm and uttering threats. Alas was sentenced to seven years in prison. - Steve Bruce

Victim faints during emotional sex assault sentencing, tells attacker ‘I’m not going to let you win’

Updated Feb 13, 2019 at 1:26 p.m.

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Dr. John Keller, (from left) Nurse Practitioner Maria Ceschiutti and Family Practice Nurse Kyra Taylor walk down one of the hallways in the new Shelburne Primary Health Care Centre. (Kathy Johnson)

New primary health care centre celebrated in Shelburne

Updated 11 hours ago

The event has been made possible by grants, community and individual supporters. (123RF)

Students eat free in February at Chester Area Middle School

Updated Feb 12, 2019 at noon

Dr. Elizabeth Cromwell and Shelburne Municipal Warden Penney Smith unveil the poster for African Heritage Month at the Municipal Proclamation Launch on Feb. 4 at the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown. During the event Cromwell was also honoured for her investiture into the Order of Canada in November 2018. (Kathy Johnson)

Cromwell honoured at African Heritage Month launch

Updated Feb 12, 2019 at noon

From left, South Shore-St. Margaret’s MP Bernadette Jordan, MODL Mayor Carolyn Bolivar-Getson and Lunenburg Mayor Rachel Bailey took the time to reflect on their experiences and successes as female politicians. (Josh Healey)

Lunenburg County’s politicians urge more women to get involved

Updated Feb 12, 2019 at noon

Regional

Five of the seven Barho children that perished in a Spryfield fire.

Seven children from Syrian refugee family killed in Halifax fire

Updated 55 minutes ago

Roseway Hospital in Shelburne. (Tina Comeau)

ER closures: Not everything is black and white

Updated Feb 12, 2019 at noon

Bill Francis, right, was one of many current or former cabbies to show up Friday to give Neil Harpham, left, an emotional send-off shortly before Harpham ended his life by medically assisted suicide.

His time to go: Well-known P.E.I. businessman ends ‘wonderful’ life on his own terms

Updated Feb 11, 2019 at 9:33 a.m.

This salt truck has tipped in Trenton.

VIDEO: Public works truck loaded with salt tips in Trenton

Updated Feb 08, 2019 at 3:32 p.m.

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Annapolis Royal’s Finn Hafting recently discovered he is the recipient of a $100,000 Loran Scholarship, one of 35 awarded on the foundation’s 30th anniversary. More than 5,000 people applied for the scholarship that is applicable to 25 Canadian universities.

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Signs in the early years that a child might have dyslexia include difficulty learning to rhyme, read simple words, and recognize letters and their respective sounds. (123RF)

READ, WRITE, SPEAK: Demystifying dyslexia

The American Institute of Stress says job-related stress costs businesses millions of dollars each year in unanticipated absences. (123RF)

Five effective ways to alleviate stress

Set up a hot chocolate bar in your home to make snow days even more fun. Gina Bell

EAST COAST MOMMY: Try these winter boredom busters

Lesley Crewe and her husband just took the plunge and bought their first new car in 40 years. (123RF)

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?: In search of car with new-fangled gadgets